A 6-GHz low-power BiCMOS SiGe:C 0.25 μm direct digital synthesizer

IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Letters

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 46-48

  Thuries, Stéphane ^b   Tournier, Éric ^b   Cathelin, Andreia ^c   Godet, Sylvain ^b   Graffeuil, Jacques ^a,b  

^a IEEE

^b UNIVERSITÉ PAUL SABATIER   (France)

^c STMICROELECTRONICS   (France)

Author keywords

Bicmos; Direct digital synthesizer (DDS); SiGe; Synthesizer

Indexed keywords

BICMOS TECHNOLOGY; CHIP SCALE PACKAGES; ELECTRIC POWER UTILIZATION; PHASE MODULATION; SEMICONDUCTING SILICON COMPOUNDS;

BIPOLAR DIFFERENTIAL PAIR; DIRECT DIGITAL SYNTHESIZER (DDS);

FREQUENCY SYNTHESIZERS;

EID: 38149014133     PISSN: 15311309     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LMWC.2007.911994     Document Type: Article

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